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The Guardian scooped the world on 27 June 1944 with the news that a hundred thousand Jews had been gassed at Auschwitz and put the story near the top of page 4. The liberation of Auschwitz was on the back page of The [London] Times the next year. Auschwitz grew rapidly in importance and changed the way the world thought, changed politics and even changed Christianity. The killings in Gaza and now Lebanon will change everything too though this is not yet widely apparent.
Gaza and Epstein (the two things are connected) have already removed Sir Keir Starmer from office.
I recommend this article by Paul Holden about his ascent to power and defenestration here. It starts thus.
'It’s hard to hear exactly what the heckler shouts to Sir Keir Starmer from the floor of Labour’s September 2024 conference, but snatches are caught on the ambient mics. “Does that include the children of Gaza?” is heard before the camera zooms in on the delegate. He is young, only a teenager, and he’s quickly moved out of the conference hall after saying something about “bombs” and “Palestine”.
'It’s the first Labour conference since Starmer was elected as the first Labour prime minister in 14 years, and it is conducted with the swagger and brio one would expect of a triumphal political project. Even so, Starmer’s response was extraordinary.
'“This guy’s obviously got a pass to the 2019 conference,” Starmer jokes.
'The hall erupts in laughter and applause, some rising to their feet. Starmer, who has so often been criticised for failing to show that he enjoys politics, basks in the response, plainly savouring the moment. “We’ve changed the party,” Starmer explains in a sing-song tone.
'The day after the heckler interrupted Starmer, the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that 41,495 Palestinians had been killed by Israel’s assault on the Gaza strip. 11,355 were children. A week before, the Gaza health ministry published a 649-page document listing every identifiable person killed in Gaza. The first 12 pages are exclusively of babies under one year old.'
Auschwitz changed Christianity? I don’t know what Christianity you’re talking about, but if it “changed” it’s not Christianity. It’s the replacement false religion of holocaustianity that you’re talking about.
ReplyDeleteOne infrequently mentioned Fact (I assume it is a fact) about Gaza is that the median age of the population is 19.5 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_median_age).
ReplyDeleteThis means that more than half the population of Gaza are aged less than twenty - which is a Very high proportion of children.
This compares with Western and Far Eastern countries where more than half the population are *older* than mid-forties - i.e. very few children as a proportion.
The median age of native-born and descended populations in places like the UK is higher than the average level quoted; because recent immigrants are on average much younger, and more fertile.
The enormous difference in the age structure of national population is extraordinary and unprecedented, as you can see from the Wikipedia list - there are fast growing sub-Saharan African nations where half the population is less than 16, countries with a *majority* of "children"!
We simultaneously have by far the oldest, and by far the youngest, national populations in the history of the world - neither of which extreme is viable*.
This must have all kinds of consequences, both now and in the future.
*(And because humans are Not interchangeable units - but different in heritable psychological and physical, as well as deep-cultural features; one nation's population does not and cannot functionally replace others - or only seldom.)